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Governor Gretchen Whitmer vetoed a bill Friday, Nov 12 to forgive some penalties imposed on businesses for violating COVID-19 orders. The governor said the bill would have placed Michigan’s rules in conflict with federal workplace safety rules.
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GOP state lawmakers in Ottawa County have sent a letter to the county’s Administrative Health Official urging the resistance to any mandates. That triggered a response from organization Public Health Over Politicians.
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Allegan County has joined Genesee and Kalamazoo counties in mandating masks for schoolchildren who are too young to receive a coronavirus vaccine.
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An organization of Michigan’s top school administrators is urging health officials to partner with school districts in decisions related to requiring masks in schools.When it comes to mandating masks, the Michigan Association of Superintendents & Administrators, or MASA, says school districts and health departments need to act as partners in discussing and making decisions.
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The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services now strongly recommends universal masking in schools to prevent the spread of COVID-19, but the department stopped short of mandating that.
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Hundreds of people gathered outside the Michigan State Capitol in Lansing Friday afternoon to rally against COVID-19 vaccine mandates.Many of them cheered when Pastor Jason Georges, a board member for Stand Up Michigan, took the stage. Stand Up Michigan is a political group that's also criticized mask rules and lockdown orders.
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Grand Valley State University outlined its strategy of masking, testing and vaccinations designed to reinforce its health and safety plan heading into the fall semester.It begins Monday when anyone entering campus buildings will be required to wear a face covering – vaccinated or not.
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Wayne State University is the latest Michigan university to mandate vaccines, announcing on Tuesday that all students, faculty and staff who will be on campus for the fall semester must prove they’re vaccinated by Aug. 30 or be approved for waiver based on health or religious reasons. The university is also requiring everyone to wear a mask indoors until at least mid-September.
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Proposed bills in the state senate aim to prevent school districts from setting certain COVID-19 restrictions. Those restrictions include requiring the COVID vaccine and testing asymptomatic students for the virus.
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Governor Gretchen Whitmer was pressed Thursday on whether she would mandate state workers to get a COVID-19 vaccine.